ENA State 2019-10-07 11:19:21 <p><strong>Ranchi, Oct 7 (KNN)</strong> In an initiative to make India a plastic free country, cement industries in Jharkhand will use plastic waste collected through various sources as fuel, said an official.</p> <p>According to media reports, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, Chairman AK Rastogi, said that Jhinkpani cement factory located in West Singhbhum district will be the first to adopt the technology.</p> <p>We are prepared to process plastic-waste at Jhinkpani cement factory where it will be used as an alternate fuel, he added.</p> <p>The move aims at making use of plastics waste in generating fuels.</p> <p>He said, the processed waste will be used along with the other fuel to run the clinker.</p> <p>Rastogi said, once the plastic waste attains a temperature of 400-degree centigrade, it will work as a fuel.</p> <p>The high temperature would also help segregate harmful material in plastics, he pointed.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" scrolling="no" src="https://nativclick.com/test/3419.html" style="width:700px; height:250px;"></iframe></p> <p>---------------------</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 23807 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/cement-industries-in-jharkhand-to-use-plastic-waste-to-generate-fuel-official 2019-10-07 11:19:21 knnindia.co.in